The first day of the IBSF World under 21 Championships started today, 1st
August 2010, at the Northwest snooker club, in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.
The first matches started at 10.00am, but before they were underway Bernard McGuinness (Tournament Referee) gave a speech to welcome everyone to the Championships.
Bernard thanked the participants and their families for travelling from far and wide to attend the competition.
John Doherty then welcomed everyone to the Northwest snooker club and
wished everyone an enjoyable stay in Letterkenny, and the best of luck in the competition.
Bernard McGuinness then asked everyone to stand for one minute of silence to pay their respect to the former 2 times World Snooker Champion, Irishman Alex Higgins, who sadly passed away last month.
The first matches of the tournament then started at 10am. Table 1 saw Irishman Vinny Muldoon against Mostafa Gebaly from Egypt.
Vinny Muldoon Started the match with breaks of 75 and 46 to take the first frame with ease. The second frame was also taken with the help of a 55 break by Muldoon.
The third frame was a closer affair, but Muldoon won the frame by 77 to 42 to go 3-0 up. The next frame saw Gebaly much improved and he comfortably took the frame 75 points to 15.
The fifth frame saw Muldoon pot first, and Gebaly had to sit and watch as Muldoon masterly cleared the table with a total clearance of 135.
Li Yan from China was on table 2 against Al Urfy Bairaq from Sweden. Bairaq won the first and fourth frames, but Li Yan had breaks of 121 in the third and 53 in the fifth that helped him to see out the match with a 4frames to 2 win.
Patchara Mayoe from Thailand won his match on table 3 with a 4-0
scorelineagainst Maor Shalom from Israel. Table 4 saw Irishman Sean Conway run out his first match with a 4-2 win against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden.
Pakpoj from Thailand defeated Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands by 4 frames to 2.
Li Hang from China did not wait around in his first match against Kyota from Japan. In just over an hour Li Hang won 4-0 which also included breaks of 75 and 113 in the first and last frames.
The final opening match saw Isreal player Shacher Ruberg win 4-2 against
Polands Grzegorz Biernadski.
August 2010, at the Northwest snooker club, in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.
The first matches started at 10.00am, but before they were underway Bernard McGuinness (Tournament Referee) gave a speech to welcome everyone to the Championships.
Bernard thanked the participants and their families for travelling from far and wide to attend the competition.
John Doherty then welcomed everyone to the Northwest snooker club and
wished everyone an enjoyable stay in Letterkenny, and the best of luck in the competition.
Bernard McGuinness then asked everyone to stand for one minute of silence to pay their respect to the former 2 times World Snooker Champion, Irishman Alex Higgins, who sadly passed away last month.
The first matches of the tournament then started at 10am. Table 1 saw Irishman Vinny Muldoon against Mostafa Gebaly from Egypt.
Vinny Muldoon Started the match with breaks of 75 and 46 to take the first frame with ease. The second frame was also taken with the help of a 55 break by Muldoon.
The third frame was a closer affair, but Muldoon won the frame by 77 to 42 to go 3-0 up. The next frame saw Gebaly much improved and he comfortably took the frame 75 points to 15.
The fifth frame saw Muldoon pot first, and Gebaly had to sit and watch as Muldoon masterly cleared the table with a total clearance of 135.
Li Yan from China was on table 2 against Al Urfy Bairaq from Sweden. Bairaq won the first and fourth frames, but Li Yan had breaks of 121 in the third and 53 in the fifth that helped him to see out the match with a 4frames to 2 win.
Patchara Mayoe from Thailand won his match on table 3 with a 4-0
scorelineagainst Maor Shalom from Israel. Table 4 saw Irishman Sean Conway run out his first match with a 4-2 win against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden.
Pakpoj from Thailand defeated Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands by 4 frames to 2.
Li Hang from China did not wait around in his first match against Kyota from Japan. In just over an hour Li Hang won 4-0 which also included breaks of 75 and 113 in the first and last frames.
The final opening match saw Isreal player Shacher Ruberg win 4-2 against
Polands Grzegorz Biernadski.
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